Overview

• Overnight on Sunday, thieves removed seven rectangular manhole covers from a stretch of Alte Heerstraße in Koblenz’s unbuilt area.
• A separate theft on Sunday evening targeted several covers in the In der Hohl district, prompting further police response.
• Police secured all hazard zones to safeguard residents and confirmed there have been no injuries or property damage.
• Investigators from Polizeiinspektion Lahnstein have asked anyone with information to call 02621-9130 or email [email protected].
• The incidents echo a summer-long pattern in Hesse, where over 50 covers were stolen in Ingelheim amid suspected scrap-metal motives, though no direct links have been confirmed.